Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-03
Sleeping, Snoring, Senseless old Hero

 [Rev. pr. Cuyler in the Sunday School Times.1
 It is @ curious coincidence that the one man in scripture whose name is associated with surfeit of water should be the first man who is associated with a surfeit of winel The hero of righteousness, who had faced a seofing world, sinks like helpless baby un- der the power of alcohol, who is no respect CT of persons, and unless are very much mistaken that sleeping, snoring, senseless old hero has been depicted before the world as perpetual object-lesson to teach the virtue of total abstinence! Noah had
 this sorrowful fall because he ran squarely
 against law written by the creator on every human body. God has inscribed several laws our bodily constitutions against the use of intoxicating beverages; they are as true and immovable as the law of gravitation. One of these laws is that alco- hol is not food; it positively interferes with wholesome alimentation. Yet millions of foolish folks have swallowed it to help diges- tion until it has burned out their stomachs No sensible athlete when training for a dis play of muscle ever touches it. I was told by the most famous American pedestrian that nothing would be so fatal to his success,
 when engaged in great feat of walking, as the slightest dose of whiskey or even of wine. Science and experience testify that alcohol, instead of nourishing the body, i'm pOVerlSuSS It, lnSIeaO OI warming It 1Qcr6aS- es it's liability to freeze: instead of prolong- ing life it breeds legion of diseases, and
 with seductive smile on it's face it yields the stiletto of an assassin.
 When Noah began to drink wine he did
 not stop until he was drunk, because there is tendency in alcoholic beverages to pro duce excess. This is a principle or law which every teacher should explain to his scholars. Every intoxicant has in it this quality that it never satisfies, but awakens constant desire for more. One glass creates
 case with any wholesome food or beverage. Bread and beef do not breed excess: one glass of milk does not kindle morbid thirst l for two glasses next time. A healthful bev- | craze satisfies healthful appetite; a hurtful | beverage like wine, ale or brandy stimulates | appetite until it becomes an uncontrollaole | frenzy. Here lies the reason why it is so dltfl l cult to use intoXicants in moderation, ana | why it is so difficult to reform an lnebrlate. | Noah had very clear head when he was | sober, but wine made him fool. Here l comes in another law against alcoholic drinks; l namely, their tendency is to strike directly l for the brain. Some drinks have an affinity | for the spine, some for the heart; but glass | of whiskey or strong wine aims for the braln | as surely as hound makes after deer. | When it reaches the brain it often turns a | man into a maniac. Alcohol in striking the brain strikes right where mind and body | meet, strikes where it hits the immortal part l and poisons character. Here lies the most | tremendous argument for total abstinence. Partly on account of climate and partly on l account of their nervous impulsive temper ament the American people are in more dan- ger from alcoholic drinks than any other people on the globe.
 1 I am responsible for the influence of my